London’s Best Chinese Restaurants

Looking for London’s best Chinese food? Whether you’re craving Cantonese, seeking Szechuan or desperate for dim sum, you’re in the right place…

Lead image: Hutong celebrates Chinese New Year

1 Hutong, London BridgeFound high up on level 33 of London landmark, The Shard, a trip to Hutong is always a treat. Moody lighting, an indoor tree and Chinese lanterns set the scene for a veritable feast of beautifully cooked – and tableside-shredded – Peking duck. The restaurant serves diverse cuisine from Northern China (based on the ‘Lu school’ cuisine of Shandong Province), mirroring its sister restaurant in Hong Kong. Look out for special menus celebrating Chinese New Year and the Mid-Autumn Festival.Level 33, London Bridge Street, Southwark SE1 9SG; hutong.com

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4 Duddell’s, London Bridge
The first international outpost of the celebrated Hong Kong brand, Duddell’s in London Bridge showcases modern interpretations of iconic Cantonese dishes using only the freshest, premium ingredients. The dim sum is delicate and decadent, and the decor is divine – a restored Queen Anne-style church sensitively renovated to resemble a traditional 60s Hong Kong tea restaurant with a splash of the contemporary. Check out the Lunar New Year menu, available from 1-13 February, here.9a St Thomas Street, London Bridge SE1 9RY;duddells.co

5 Royal China, Baker Street
The Royal China, which has various locations across London, is always a safe pair of hands when it comes to good Chinese food, but there’s always been something special about the Baker Street branch. The iconic, 12-year-old restaurant, reopened on 9 August 2018 following a huge refurb by Stiff and Trevillion. Head Chef Billy Wong skillfully blends authentic Chinese dishes with European ingredients, creating the likes of Roast Whole Suckling Pig, Wild Scottish Lobster and Barbecued Peking Duck, as well as freshly made dim sum from noon till 4.30pm.38-42 Baker Street W1U 7AJ; theroyalchina.co.uk

6 Min Jiang at The Royal Garden Hotel, KensingtonThe award-winning Min Jiang is located on the 10th floor of The Royal Garden Hotel, overlooking the beautiful Kensington Gardens. The restaurant serves up dim sum, soup, seafood and the works, but it is famed for its Peking duck, cooked to perfection in a wood-fired oven following ancient Chinese traditions. Presented in two servings, you can enjoy the first serving inside homemade pancakes with sweet sauce, leek and cucumber, followed by a choice of second serving such as salted vegetable soup with duck and tofu, or fried noodles with sliced duck.2-24 Kensington High Street W8 4PT; minjiang.co.uk

8 Bugis Street Brasserie, KensingtonBugis Street Brasserie serves a range of Asian cuisine with Singaporean, Malaysian, Cantonese and Szechuan specialities, although it is predominately Singaporean. Located in a quiet corner of South Kensington, the restaurant serves up a great laksa, as well as soft shell crab, dim sum and a Sunday buffet lunch with a focus on Singaporean street-food. Celebrating Chinese New Year? Check out the celebratory menu, served from 4-16 February, here.Copthorne Tara Hotel, Scarsdale Place Kensington W8 5SR; bugis-street-brasserie.com

9 Shu Xiangge, ChinatownShu Xiangge on Gerrard Street specialises in the iconic Mongol-Chinese hotpot – a bubbling broth in which you cook your own ingredients. The soup is made as authentically as possible, using seasonings and utensils imported from the Szechuan province. Choose from meat and vegetable-based broths (the signature fragrant and spicy beef fat oil broth, made with 12 different spices, is quite something), as well as dipping ingredients like finely sliced beef, premium Wagyu, fish, tofu and mushroom.10 Gerrard Street, Soho W1D 5PW; chinatown.co.uk

Enjoy a traditional Szechuan hotpot at Shu Xiangge

10BaoziInn, Chinatown, London Bridge & Soho
BaoziInn is famed for its colourful all-day Cantonese dim sum with Hunan and Sichuan influences, dan dan noodles and delicious dumplings, skewers and buns. BaoziInn London Bridge is the newest and largest of the three branches, and the menu focuses on a delectable range of Cantonese roast meats with a fiery kick, revolving around a range of regional Northern Chinese street food using only the finest ingredients offering hearty, comforting, affordable, yet adventurous dishes such as Chef’s special recipe barbeque roast duck, crispy roast pork belly and caramelised barbecue roast pork. The roast duck is smoked with cherry wood, and the wonton noodles are flown in specially from Yuen Long, Hong Kong.34-36 Southwark Street, London Bridge SE1 1TU; baoziinn.com